COVID-19: Federal Govt Rules Out Lockdown Amid Delta Variant Surge

“So many countries do what they call precision lockdown. So that is not everybody that will be affected, only certain areas to avoid too much damage to the economy, to social life. And we are not at the level yet where we are feeling that threat to do any lockdown.

The Minister also said that Nigeria aimed to get about 40 million doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines, disclosing that so far the government has acquired about 29,850 million doses of the vaccine at a cost of $10 per dose and that the entire shipment will be delivered to the country before the end of August 2021.

Speaking at the briefing, Director General , National Food Drug Administration and Control , Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said that the postponement of the commencement in the administration of the Mordena vaccine for COVID-19 was due to inadequate information on bar coding on the vaccine and not as a result of its efficacy.

In his own contribution, Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency , Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said that Nigeria has so far vaccinated about 2.3% of its eligible population since the kick-off of vaccination in the country in March 2021.

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